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A. PAGER.

GURRYGOMB. No. 486,827. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY FAGER, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO F. E. KOHLER & (30., OF

' SAME PLACE.

CURRYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,827, dated November 22, 1892.

Application filed June 3, 1892. I Serial No. 435,451- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY FAGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curryeombs, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in currycombs, the object of which is to provide in a currycomb a smooth yielding portion that will remove loose hair and dirt without lacerating or otherwise injuring the animal.

With these ends in view my invention relates to certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claim.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a view in perspective of a currycomb, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the frame and handle.

The frame A of the comb may be made of any suitable wire and of one continuous piece and of the form shown, or substantially sothat is, for illustration, the outgoing wire B has a shank portion a, that penetrates the handle C, and a downwardly-bent or offset portion b, by which the handle is raised to free the knuckles of the operator from contact with the animal. Said Wire is carried out from the handle a distance, forming a straight portion 0, and is then turned about, as shown, and brought back a distance toward the handle, forming a portion shown as d. At e-the wire is bent out and around to f, from which point of it is formed into the opposite side or half the frame, which is a duplicate of that lettered and described, thus forming a frame in the similitude of a horseshoe.

The comb or rubbing surface is formed of a coil of steel spring-wire D, or, if preferred, other metal may be used. A single coil is passed over the portion B of the frame and about and around to a point designated as w, the other end of the coil having reached a similar designated point on the opposite side. A short coil E is then passed over the shank and the two parallel portions 0, the outer end resting against the ends of the coil D and the inner end against the offset 6, after which the handle is put on, as shown.

I would not limit myself to the precise form of frame shown, as other forms may be used with substantially the same result.

In operation the coils h are free to move together and apart on the wire frame as the comb is moved over the body of the animal, in which movement the coils form a grasping and releasing movement on the hair, which greatly facilitates the removal of that which should be removed from the body.

Having thus described the nature and the object of my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

A currycomb consisting of a frameformed of a single piece of wire having a central straight portion B, rearward-extending portions 01, from which extend ahorseshoe portion, a handle secured to the straight portion, and a wire coiled about said frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of May, A. D. 1892.

ANTHONY FAGER.

Witnesses:

JAY WILSON, D. M. WILSON. 

